Section XLV.
[1, 2] [Arabic, p. 170]
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And
one of his disciples was sitting
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in his bosom,
he
whom Jesus loved.
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To him Simon
Cephas beckoned, that he should ask him who this
was
, concerning
[3] whom he spake.
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And that disciple
leaned
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on Jesus’
breast, and said unto him, [4] My Lord, who is this?
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Jesus answered and said, He to whom I shall
dip bread, and give it. And Jesus dipped bread, and gave to
Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. [5]
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And
after the bread, Satan entered him. And Jesus said unto him, What
thou [6] desirest to do, hasten the doing of it.
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And no man of them that sat knew why he [7]
said this unto him.
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And some of them
thought, because Judas had the box, that he was bidding him buy what
would be needed for the feast; or, that he might pay [8] something to
the poor.
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Judas the betrayer
answered and said, Can it be I, my [9] Master? Jesus said unto
him, Thou hast said.
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And Judas took the
bread straightway, and went forth without: and it was still
night.
[10]
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And Jesus said, Now
is the Son of man being glorified,
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and God is
being glorified
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[11] in him;
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and if God is glorified in him, God also will
glorify him in him, and straightway will glorify him.
[12]
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And while they were
eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and divided;
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and he
[13] gave to his disciples, and said unto them,
Take and eat; this is my body.
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And
he [Arabic, p. 171] took a cup, and gave thanks, and blessed, and gave
them,
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and said, Take [14,
15] and drink of it, all of you.
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And
they drank of it, all of them.
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And
he said unto them,
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This is my blood,
the new covenant, that is shed for many for the [16] forgiveness of
sins.
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I say unto you, I
shall not drink henceforth of this, the juice of the vine, until the
day in which I drink
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with you new
wine
in the kingdom of [17] God.
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And
thus do ye in remembrance of me.
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And
Jesus said unto Simon, Simon, [18] behold, Satan asketh that he may
sift you like wheat:
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but I
entreat
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for thee, that thou
lose not thy faith:
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and do thou,
at some time, turn
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and strengthen thy
brethren.
[19]
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My children, another
little
while
am I with you. And ye shall seek me:
and as [20] I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; I say
unto you now also.
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A new commandment I
give you, that ye may love one another; and as I have loved [21] you,
so shall ye also love one another.
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By
this shall every man know that ye are [22] my disciples, if ye have
love one to another.
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Simon Cephas said
unto him, Our Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered and said
unto him, Whither I go, thou canst not now follow me; but later thou
shalt come.
[23]
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Then said Jesus unto
them, Ye all shall desert
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me this
night:
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it is
written, I [24] will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock
shall be scattered.
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But after my [25]
rising, I shall go before you into Galilee.
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Simon Cephas answered and said unto [26] him,
My Lord, if every man desert thee, I shall at no time desert
thee.
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I am with thee ready
for imprisonment and for death.
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And
my life will I give up for thee. [27] [Arabic, p. 172]
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Jesus said unto him, Wilt thou give up thy
life for me?
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Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, Thou shalt to-day, during this night, before the cock
crow [28] twice, three times deny me, that thou knowest me not.
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But Cephas said the more,
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Even if it lead to
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death with thee, I shall not deny thee, my Lord. And in like
manner said all the disciples also.
[29]
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Then Jesus said unto
them, Let not your hearts be troubled:
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believe in God, [30] and believe in
me.
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The
stations
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in my
Father’s house are many, else I should [31] have told
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you. I
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go
to prepare for you a place.
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And if I go
to
prepare for you a place, I shall return again, and take you
unto me: and so where I am, there ye [32, 33] shall be
also.
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And the place that I
go ye know,
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and the way ye
know.
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Thomas said
unto him, Our Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how is the way
for [34] us to the knowledge of that?
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Jesus said unto
him, I am the way, and the truth, [35] and the life: and no man
cometh unto my Father, but through me.
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And
if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father: and from
henceforth ye know
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him, [36] and have
seen him.
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Philip
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said unto him, Our Lord, shew us the Father,
and it sufficeth [37] us.
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Jesus said unto
him, Have I been all this time with you, and dost thou not
know
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me, Philip?
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whosoever hath seen me hath seen the Father; how then sayest [38] thou,
Shew us the Father?
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Believest thou not
that I am in my Father, and my Father in me? and the saying that I say,
I say not of myself: but my Father who dwelleth in [39] me, he
doeth these deeds.
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Believe that I am in
my Father, and my Father in me: [40] [Arabic, p. 173] or else
believe for the sake of the deeds.
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever
believeth in me, the deeds that I do shall he do also; and [41] more
than that shall he do: I go unto the Father.
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And what ye shall ask in my [42] name, I
shall do unto you, that the Father may be glorified in his Son.
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And if ye [43, 44] ask me
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in my name, I will do
it
.
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If ye love me, keep my commandments.
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And I will entreat of my Father, and he will
send unto you another Paraclete, that he [45] may be with you for ever,
even
the Spirit of truth:
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whom the world cannot receive; for it hath
not seen him, nor known him: but ye know him; for he hath
dwelt
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[46]
with you, and is in you.
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I will not
leave you orphans: I will come unto you. [47]
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Another little
while
, and the world
seeth me not; but ye see me that I live, and ye [48] shall live
also.
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And in that day ye
shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in
you.
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John xiii. 23
.
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The Syriac
versions have
reclining
.
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John xiii. 24
.
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John xiii. 25
.
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Lit.
fell
.
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John xiii. 26
.
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John xiii. 27
.
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John xiii. 28
.
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John xiii. 29
.
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Matt. xxvi. 25
.
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John xiii. 30
.
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John xiii. 31
.
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A simple change of
diacritical points would give the reading of the Greek and of the
Syriac versions.
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A simple change of
diacritical points would give the reading of the Greek and of the
Syriac versions.
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John xiii. 32
.
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Mark xiv. 22
a.
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Matt. xxvi. 26
b.
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Mark xiv. 23
a.
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Matt. xxvi. 27
b.
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Mark xiv. 23
b.
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Mark xiv. 24
a.
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Matt. xxvi. 28
.
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Matt. xxvi. 29
.
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Peshitta adds
it
. The reading of the Sinaitic is doubtful.
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Luke xxii. 19
b.
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Luke xxii. 31
.
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Luke xxii. 32
.
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Past tense in Syriac
versions.
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We may
translate, with the Syriac versions,
that thy faith fail not
,
only if we assign a somewhat Syriac meaning to the verb, and assume
either an error in diacritical points (
t
for
y
) or an
unusual (Syriac) gender for
faith
.
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cf
. Syriac
versions.
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John xiii. 33
.
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John xiii. 34
.
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John xiii. 35
.
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John xiii. 36
.
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Matt. xxvi. 31
.
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The Arabic word
is not unlike the word for
stumble
, and Borg.
ms.
omits
me
.
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Vat.
ms.
omits
this night
.
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Matt. xxvi. 32
.
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Matt. xxvi. 33
.
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Luke xxii. 33
b.
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John xiii. 37
b.
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John xiii. 38
a.
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Mark xiv. 30
b.
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Luke xxii. 34b; Mark xiv. 31
.
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Or,
went on
saying
.
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Lit.
end
in
. Or,
if I come to (the point of)
.
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John xiv. 1
.
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The diacritical
points in both Vat. (followed by Ciasca) and Borg.
mss.
appear to demand a rendering
inquire
for
be
troubled
. In Ibn-at-Tayyib’s comments (not the
text
), however (with other points), we have the meaning
wail
(root
nhb
). Every Syriac version uses a
different word.
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John xiv. 2
.
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Or,
ranks
.
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Or,
should
tell
.
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Probably the
Arabic represents a Syriac
For I
.
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John xiv. 3
.
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John xiv. 4
.
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Different words.
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Different words.
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John xiv. 5
.
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cf
.
Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary (f. 352
a
) and order of words in
Peshitta (not Sin.).
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John xiv. 6
.
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John xiv. 7
.
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Lit.
have
known
.
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John xiv. 8
.
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Different forms, as in
Peshitta.
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John xiv. 9
.
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More exactly,
hast thou not come to know
.
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Different forms, as in
Peshitta.
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John xiv. 10
.
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John xiv. 11
.
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John xiv. 12
.
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John xiv. 13
.
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John xiv. 14
.
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The Borg.
ms.
has
me
clearly (
cf
.
Peshitta). The Vat.
ms.
is
ambiguous.
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John xiv. 15
.
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John xiv. 16
.
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John xiv. 17
.
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Probably a misreading
of the Peshitta (not Sin. or Cur.), since the next clause also agrees
with it.
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John xiv. 18
.
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John xiv. 19
.
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John xiv. 20
.